hereNew town centre offices are also planned to be developed to attract private sector occupiers into the town and away from Manchester city centre.The borough’s underground labyrinth of flooded coal mines could also be used to create an environmentally friendly power source for the district around the town centre.Council bosses have been investigating using the potential geothermal energy from old mine shafts as a means of heating new builds.The final scheme earmarked for funding is the Northern Roots project to develop the UK’s largest urban farm and eco-park on 160 acres of green space at Snipe Clough.If successful, the government cash could fund ‘key infrastructure’ such as a visitor centre for the site.Peter Holbrook CBE, chair of the.